Music news, profiles of bands or labels, the tunes that Monkey currently grooves to
If you've read this blog before you might remember that we at (((withoutsound))) enjoy ourselves some Lily Allen. Well, yesterday, Capitol Records finally released Lily Allen's debut album stateside. Read the previous post. Buy Alright, Still from Insound.
Music blogs can introduce you to a wealth of fantastic music, which is really one of the main reasons Seamus and I started (((withoutsound))). Prior to last February, I learned about new music from music blogs about 50% of the time. Since then that percentage has grown to about 75%. However, as you have probably realized by now, most of the blogs out there (or is it in here?) are full of shite, overloaded with tracks with little to no discussion of the music. There must be some who find such a posting-style perfect; I’m guessing these folk are just looking to fill their DAP with free tracks; but I’ve found that this just leaves me with a surplus of mediocre songs. And since most publicly available music is mediocre, I need some sort of filtering system to help me separate the tasty tasty wheat from that nasty nasty chaff. So I’d like to thank the good soul behind *SixEyes for introducing me to Toronto-based rawk band Femme Generation, my new wheat (not to be confused with Wheat).
Listen to Hearts in Stitches.
In the last couple of years some great bands have sprouted up seemingly from a love for the jangly guitars, driving beats, and clever songwriting of classic English indie rock from the 80s. Canada spawned the Dears, England sired Bloc Party, and now the US has given juicy birth to Soft Complex. Soft Complex currently hails from D.C. and claims members from atmospheric psychedelic group Phaser and the more aggressive rock outfit Burning Airlines, but knowing this may provide little introduction to what this quintet sounds like.
Listen to Barcelona.
I've liked Franz Ferdinand since I first heard Darts of Pleasure a couple of years ago, but after this weekend, they've settled into an even cozier section of my heart. I was listening to the syndicated radio show the Splendid…
The Sad Little Stars' video for "Don't Fuck With Love" was making the rounds earlier this past year and sadly, little stars, it's taken me this long to listen to their 2003 album The Stars Below to feel them up…